The issue focused on the state of the Senate's health care bill as it was being debated in the chamber. Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney has said the GOP plan would make health care more affordable for families, especially those with annual incomes under 200 percent of the poverty level — which would mean people like his family would not have to pay for the controversial cuts the bill contains to Medicaid that have made the program more costly for many in the state and the country.


Under the GOP plan, the federal government would